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' `WEEDERl .N01 800,782, Patented Mar'. 15, 1898.

Ni'rn *rares einen'0 .Parent DANIILYOUNGS HALUCK, Oll` SO T'iHOLl), NEW YORK, AND DANIEL lIAlNS'l llftllitlltf, F YORK, PENNSYLVANIA SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters I atent No. 600,782, dated March 15, 1,898.

Application filed September 16I 1897.

. tain new and useful Improvements in feeders, of which the following is a speeilication.. (.)ur invention has for its object tfrimprove that class of `agricultural implements orinachinos known as weeders.

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is being used.

Machines of thisclass have been in use for many years, and it has been demonstrated that the teeth thereof must be small and round in section and long and flexible, so that when in use they will not dig deeply into the soil nor injure the young plants which are being liurther, the lower parts of the teeth are preferably substantially straight and so arranged that they incline rearward somewhat in order that theyshall trail upon rather than dig' into the soil asA the implement No forni of tooth which lacks any one of these characteristics has been found to operate satisfactorily in a weedingmachine, and these characteristics differentinteI this class of machines from hai-rows and cultivators, whose primary object is to break up and turn over the -soil and which when employed to cultivate a growing crop openl ate only between the rows. 'lhe weeder operates not only between the rows-0f plants but also in the rows.

'lhe frame of a weedcr must be high enough above the `ground to pass over the crop, and i'or that reason great diilioulty is experienced with the teeth or weeding-fingers, because i.' they are made small enough to work well as weeders they lack in strength, and hence break or bend permanently, whereas if they are made suilieiently strong to avoid 'these objections they are too large and stift to opi eraf-e well as wecders.

Our invention consists of a novel form of weeder-tooth 'which possesses all the advantageous characteristics and requirements of the weedcr tooth or linger as heretofore developed and' at theV saine time possesses advantageous features not heretofore attained and which will be presently pointed out,

Serial No. 651,918. (No model.)

It consists, further, in combining with a `weeding-tooth,especiallysuch a one as we have invonted,a reinforcing member whereby the flexibility of the tooth maybe varied and it adapted to use upon diliferent kinds'ot" soil and under different circumstances. p

'lhe invention further consists in yimprovements in theframe of the machine,which will he hereinafter pointed out.

1n the drawings wherein our invention is illustrated, Figure l is a perspective Aview ofa machine embodying our improvements.

Fig. 2 is a detail View, enlarged, of one of 'the teeth o r fingers. Fig. 3 is a similar View to Fig. f2, showing the reinforcing part combined with the tooth.

' In the drawings, A represents the weeder tooth or finger as a whole. It consists of two parts, the lower, ce, oi' which is small and round in erossLsection, substantially straight, and inclined to the rear and is intended to operate upon the `soil and among the pla-nts, and the upper part a', which is flat and thin, to give flexibility and at the saine time the necessary strength. The tooth is preferably formed from a piece of thin fia-t metal, one end of which' is folded together to form the round end portion rz, while the other partis bent to give the proper shape to the tooth.

`A tooth thus formed is found to work ad-` the machine and is not liable to break or be-v come permanently bent while in use.

Another and `important advantage which our form of tooth has is that it may be easily strengthened orreinforced at Wilh. This has not heretofore been attainable n nereail round teeth were used andis a desirable feature from the fact that the top of the soil often bef,

comes so hard byreason of rains and atniospheric conditions (that the long flexible Vall round ceder-teeth heretofore used are not effect-ive. Under sueheireumstances we combine with the tooth a strengthening-piece which will ilialie the tooth more rigid and cause it to properly stand up to its work. This strengthening or reinforcement ot the tooth IOC is, mede pessime byiemen ei' upper perieiy miei the treineie niembei-eeiisieig (if. iiiin gime-@L mami i?, edfipie to iie clef-se apen the upper and. remi siiie ef ze 'lim geriien 0, e he eeiiiy a represented in Fig, 3. "ei-'eing- The teeth :ii-e perfect-1y simpatie-r1 upon m1 gie-iron fiume-pieces C. These ix'mne-pieees, are prefeieely so arranged Limi the hoi'izenm websc thereof me ai, the iop, mi tie vertiefii webs'c'join the iiei'ixeniii .veba it tiaeii'reiiii edges, thus causing the innei'migie's te be be lew mid-0n.- tiie'i'ezii' Sides ef 1.3m bzii's eheh teeth has its upper emi bent ie ippifeiiim I n right angie te *die perteii u', as iepieseiil'ed Mag, and iliis beni; pemieii is :ii-ranged in ti iimei' angie of. iiie bm* G, Le which the me is attached. Sueii attachment iis made, i# embiy, by means eri' e beit i), vcL'iieii pii e -hi'eugli me paint, u? ef fue ieeii .anni the web 1' of the limi.'

i fini; inemi. The curved emissff' of Liie eeiiiiee'ingf-pieees ni'e pi'efei'ziiiiy @award the fieiii'fef Mie-wciehine and each connected ai', Lw@ psieee e e with thefrent imi C, so that @he een1ieeiiig' pieces, besides uniting: the eetibbiu'i., aise' serve te heid @hem rigidly the x)zeier fiismuee npxiri., the curved pemiomeei''iig e5 bifieesa. They also sei-.ve ne n, eeiiveiiieiii; 'iiaeaiiisa fer Mr tneisng Athe draft devices, rs iiii'iiemei i?. G G iiidieme the iiiiiis er s'iiiis, which' e eomieeihed iviii The fiume 'by iii-mikem il? IV" een 1 climi-ig and ine sl-eeuw ieg I GC) 

